Session #62 · 1911–13

Speech #620103858

So that upon proper notice the treaty could be abrogated if. in our opinion. the interpretation had made its operation injurious to us. and the utmost burden we would undergo would be for the short time during which the notice of abrogation was operating. We today exclude Chinese without a treaty. We limit the immigration of Japanese with a treaty. We could tomorrow. if we chose. pass a law declaring that redheaded aliens should not land upon American soil for the purpose of residence. We could forget our very ancestry. if we chose. and provide that Irishmen should not come or that Scotchmen or Englishmen should not.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Japanese Irish Scotchmen Englishmen
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN WILLIAMS
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
MS
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
620103858
Paragraph
#0
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